Oxy is an international energy company with assets primarily in the United States, the Middle East and North Africa. We are one of the largest oil and gas producers in the U.S., including a leading producer in the Permian and DJ basins, and offshore Gulf of Mexico. Our midstream and marketing segment provides flow assurance and maximizes the value of our oil and gas. Our chemical subsidiary OxyChem manufactures the building blocks for life-enhancing products. Our Oxy Low Carbon Ventures subsidiary is advancing leading-edge technologies and business solutions that economically grow our business while reducing emissions. We are committed to using our global leadership in carbon management to advance a lower-carbon world. Visit oxy.com for more information.
We are looking for an experienced and motivated individual to fill the position of Reservoir Engineer within our LCV Sequestration group based in Houston, TX.
This role is focused on driving development planning for saline aquifer CO2 sequestration projects, requiring technical expertise applied to strategic planning, surveillance, competitor analysis, and tactical execution, while collaborating across multiple disciplines (reservoir, geology, petrophysics, drilling, completions, operations and facilities.)
Essential Job Responsibilities
It has come to our attention various individuals and/or organizations are contacting people falsely pretending to recruit on behalf of Oxy. Please be aware that these recruiting scams and communications do not originate nor are they associated with our recruitment process.All Oxy job postings and offers will require a completed application through our company website.
Oxy does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruiting process. We will never:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.
Job
Reservoir
Primary Location
United States-Texas-Houston
Organization
CORP FUNC
Schedule
Full-time
We are looking for an experienced and motivated individual to fill the position of Reservoir Engineer within our LCV Sequestration group based in Houston, TX.
This role is focused on driving development planning for saline aquifer CO2 sequestration projects, requiring technical expertise applied to strategic planning, surveillance, competitor analysis, and tactical execution, while collaborating across multiple disciplines (reservoir, geology, petrophysics, drilling, completions, operations and facilities.)
Essential Job Responsibilities
- Reservoir Simulation for CO2 Injection and Monitoring
- Understand reservoir simulation concepts, types, models, and data inputs
- Assess reservoir properties in close collaboration with G&G and petrophysical staff, including reservoir thickness, porosity, permeability, initial water saturations, and other important model properties
- Assess heterogeneities for proper representation in the simulation model
- Analyze reservoir fluid flow; determine size of CO2 plume migration and extent of pressure front
- Be skilled with SCAL data such as wettability, relative permeability, capillary pressures, pressure-dependent rock properties
- Perform compositional modelling
- Construct, history match, run predictive cases, optimize investment alternatives, and assist with preparation of field development plans
- Conduct uncertainty analyses to quantify the expected range of possible outcomes
- Contribute to important technical writeups up to regulatory agency standards
- Support forthcoming reserves evaluations using probabilistic and deterministic methods
- Effectively communicates with management, SMEs/Chiefs, subsurface team, operations/planning team, commercial team, and other key support organizations including Land, Legal and Regulatory Teams
- Strong analytical skills
- Solid programming skills
- Skilled in all reservoir engineering concepts
- Experience in reservoir simulation
- Proficiency with simulators such as CMG, Eclipse, TNavigator
- Knowledge using workflows in Petrel to generate multiple inputs for simulation
- Effective communication and presentation skills and ability to collaborate, communicate, and influence peers and partners
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to make technically and economically sound recommendations with incomplete information
- Excellent time management skills with ability to manage multiple assignments concurrently and meet tight deadlines
- Must be a team player with strong interpersonal skills with experience working in a multi-disciplinary team environment
- Clear understanding of business drivers and their implication in development projects
- Top skills in technical writing
- BS or higher degree in Petroleum Engineering or related discipline.
- 10+ years of experience in the oil & gas industry. Multi-functional experience a plus
- Minimum of (10) years of reservoir engineering experience on a multidisciplinary asset or technology team, (5) years of which includes reservoir simulation
It has come to our attention various individuals and/or organizations are contacting people falsely pretending to recruit on behalf of Oxy. Please be aware that these recruiting scams and communications do not originate nor are they associated with our recruitment process.All Oxy job postings and offers will require a completed application through our company website.
Oxy does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruiting process. We will never:
- Ask you to pay for applications, interviews, meetings, processing, training or for any other fees
- Use recruiting or placement agencies that charge candidates an advance fee of any kind or
- Request personal information such as passport and bank account details at an early stage of our recruitment process.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.
Job
Reservoir
Primary Location
United States-Texas-Houston
Organization
CORP FUNC
Schedule
Full-time
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Seniority level
Not Applicable -
Employment type
Full-time -
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology -
Industries
Oil and Gas
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